days of unrelenting media coverage of romney. the romney statement. the attacks on romney. the gaffe he made and all of that. the media were uninterested in the story. they might have made a calculation. media interested in romney stuff and not interested in the detail. the secretary of state said that we saw is, you know, let's not rush any judgment, because we're going to get the report of the committee. you know what her committee will report? in the middle of next month. that means after election day. all they want to do is string it out to election day and run with a story it's about an american nut who released a video and not about the administration for admitting that al-qaeda is not on the heels but active. >> bret: i want to call an audible here and talk about the political impact of all of this and how it affects the election. change the topic for the second panel. we'll be right back after this. this is awesome! folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico sure are happy. i'd say happier than a slinky on an escalator. get happy. get geico. melons!!! oh